The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-12-06


the stone chair. In front of him, on |
the floor, we counted fifty skulls and '
any number of bones lying in con-
fused heap. These were, L suppose.
the remains of the victims slaughtered
at his funeral. But what interested US
q great deal more was the gold. Ii
was thrown around on the floor; 1t WAS
built up in heaps of nuggets; it was
stuck into holes in the wall. We fairly
walked on gold. Of course we began.
as soon as our excitement was over, 70
heap it up. We had no bags with us,
but there was a pleasure in merely
handling it. At last we went back to
our house, intending to come back in
the morning and hoist the treasure
out. q.
"As have said. up to this time we
had seen no Indians; but that night,
while / was asleep, / was suddenly
walked up by being seized. and open
ing my eyes, l saw the room full OF
them. They had Juan as we'll Ihey
took us out of the place, and putting
us on our horses, started towards the
north. Reaching the head of the val
lev, they turned to the eastward, and
crossing the divide, came. after three
days journey, to their tribe. Here
we were shut up in lodge under
! guard, while they deliberated about.
our fate, and the next day Juan was
taken out first / saw him run the
gantlet, and then perish at the stake.
9 Poor old fellow! his search for treasure
ended badly for him. The next day l
was brought out. The Indians stood
in a long line. armed with clubs and
sticks and J x-aodra ne beaten haIf TO
death, and then burnt, and made up
my mind to stand still. They ordered
me again and again to 60, but 1 stood
there with my arms folded. At last
one of the chiefs, in a furious rage.
stepped forward and raised his Ratchet
, to strike. / looked at him in the eyes,
and pointed with my finger at him. He
stopped for a second, and then turning
half round, fell dead. Of course l can
not kill a man by doing this, and l
suppose he had heart disease, or some
thing like that; but you should have
seen the effect on those Indians. They
started back, examined the man care
! fully, and then took me back to my
lodge, where they tied me up. AS L
afterwards found out, they believed
me to be an evil spirit, whom it was
not safe to kill. but who might be kept
in slavery. So ! was set to work doing
all the jobs around the camp. They
were very much afraid of me, thought
| could see that.
You know those Indians in Arizona
have been raiding into Mexico for
years, and they have a great many
Mexican girl captives among them.
The chief belonged to had one-Josefa
Munoz; child about thirteen. Josefa
and became very great friends, for L
could speak Spanish; and L guess l was
the only person who ever said kind
word to her. / stopped the squaws
beating her, for, having picked up a
few of their words, / told them, one
day, after hanging a charm around her
neck, that the son of the woman who
struck her would be a coward. They
believed me, and from that time think
any one of them would have sooner
burnt her hand off than have touched
Josefa. But all this time the Indians
had one misfortune after another. The
locusts destroyed their corn, a great
cloud-burst came and destroyed some
of the lodges. and about half their
horses were driven off by another tribe.
All these evils they set down to my &C
count, and at last the party opposed to
my remaining grew so strong that it
was determined to send me away. So
one morning they got horse, gave me
my rifle and every thing they had taken
and told me to 60. refused unless
they let Josefa 60 with me.
LAS you may suppose, there was a
big talk at once. Not one of them
dared to hurt me, and L would not 90
without the girl. The talk lasted all
ludL UdN anu IlC HCAbs uub "hCh bAc
son of the chief, boy about six, fell
into the river and was drowned, they
hesitated no longer. Josefa was given
horse, we were loaded with pro
visions and escorted back to the val.
ley. When they bid us goodbye they
told us never to come near them again
a warning that was not needed.
1--WE made the best of our way back
to the old city, and there we packed III
as much gold from the old cave as we
could take with us ON our horses.
did not disturb the old chief, however
the only thing took from him was the
head-band with its feathers. You car
see it there in that case. We reached
Yuma all right, and made our way VI
to San Francisco. where l put Josefa il